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Pima County joined 9 states, the District of Columbia and 24 municipalities around the country in banning paid sexual orientation conversion therapy of minors. For more on that, we speak with Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. And he says bans like these are spreading across the country right now.

According to a document obtained by The New York Times, the Justice Department plans to investigate, and possibly sue, colleges and universities over admissions policies that appear to discriminate against white students. The agency has denied this, but multiple media outlets are reporting on the plan.

Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House, but Democrats are still celebrating the defeat of efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, though that doesn’t mean significant changes to the law couldn’t emerge in the near future. To find out more, we talked with Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Theranos agreed to return $4.65 million to Arizona consumers, along with $200,000 in civil penalties paid to the Arizona attorney general's office.The company closed all 40 of its testing locations at Arizona Walgreens stores.

Competition for jobs has led state and local governments to offer financial incentives to companies looking to move or expand. While supporters say offering tax credits and even cash is necessary, others worry deals for corporations could hurt the state in the long run.

Sen. John McCain is speaking out for the first time since beginning treatments for a brain tumor and for the first time since casting a dramatic vote against the so-called "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.

Arizona health officials are beginning to collect more information about suspected drug overdoses. This week, the state public health lab expanded its blood screening in an effort to understand which exact drugs are causing deaths.

Arizona’s minimum wage hike from $8.05 and hour to $10 is here to stay. Arizona’s high court ruled Wednesday that the new law, which kicked in at the beginning of the year, isn’t a violation of the constitution.

Fans of the CW network program "Supernatural" eagerly awaited the Salute to Supernatural convention. On screen the actors hunt for demons and angels. Off screen, actor Misha Collins is part of a different kind of hunt, an international scavenger hunt for kindness called Gishwhes.

An immigrant rights group charged that most complaints of abuse made against U.S.Border Patrol agents go unpunished. The Border Patrol's Tucson, Rio Grande and Laredo sectors carried the highest number of complaints against agents.

The city of Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, the first time its done so since 1984. In an announcement made on Monday, city officials and the International Olympic Committee lauded the deal that's estimated to cost at $5.3 billion.

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